Q Assalam Alaikum. I am currently working at a prominent university as a lecturer in surgery. I have a permanent position there. The university is located in a small city. My wife is also a pediatrician. She has finished her studies, however, she can't find a proper job in my city. I wish to study further and move forward to a bigger place myself. However, the dreams and expectations of my family and my parents are not in favor of quitting my current job.

My wife has also had a rough time adjusting to my family. She has her difference in opinion on these matters. Now quitting here and going to a temporary position elsewhere in a place where both of us are able to stay together and serve humanity as doctors is a solution I am left with.

Her life after marriage has been tough especially since she couldn't be with me. I am at a crossroads of deciding to say no and emotionally hurt my parents or say no to my wife who has been exhausted to the extent that she says she wants to separate if I can't consider her place of choice. How am I supposed to decide in this situation in the light of Islam?